State: Tennessee
Years on RSYC: 2021–2024
Ayushi is a young leader passionate about climate action and interdisciplinary change-making. As part of her Roots & Shoots work in the past year, Ayushi expanded her “healthy soil challenge” and advocated for the 2023 Farm Bill.
Ayushi’s main Roots & Shoots project, conservACTION, is an online art gallery and climate resource center, bridging creative and scientific communities for interdisciplinary change-making.
Additionally, she created an illustrated cookbook zine with low-carbon footprint recipes and is working on starting a Roots & Shoots group on her college campus.
In addition to her environmental work, Ayushi trains in classical ballet and modern dance. She also works in a marine biology lab, studying microplastic contamination in fish and dolphins.
Finding solace in art during moments of hopelessness, Ayushi believes in using art to shed light on issues and reimagine the world. She lives by the quote, “A mind too full of information has no space for inspiration.”
